August 08, 2008

News
Bilateral Ties
Bush speech on rights catches China off guard
Toronto Star, August 08, 2008
http://olympics.thestar.com/2008/article/474395

Sarkozy Sends List of Dissidents to China
Reuters, August 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSL722492120080807

World Leaders Gather for Olympics
British Broadcasting Corporation, August 08, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7548539.stm

Disasters
China Quake Death Toll Rises to 69,222 by Thursday Noon
Xinhua (via China Daily), August 07, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/07/content_6914563.htm

Eleven Killed in Floods in East China: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via Yahoo!News), August 07, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/wl_afp/chinaweatherflood

Human Rights Defender - He Depu (何德普)
Chinese Political Prisoners 'Worse-off' in Games Lead-up
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, August 07, 2008
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2327619.htm

Related information:
Political Prisoner He Depu Writes to IOC President Jacques Rogge
Human Rights in China, August 06, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/68030

Human Rights Defenders
Former Chinese Official Says Activists for Darfur Are Faking, Real Goal is to Smear China
Voice of America, August 07, 2008
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-08-07-voa12.cfm

Lawyers Force Public Hearing
South China Morning Post, August 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=00cd30751ad9b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Labor
Mining Deaths in Olympic Power Push
Radio Free Asia, August 07, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/english/energy_watch/mining-olympic-08072008155242.html

Olympics
Apology to Pressmen
China Daily, August 08, 2008
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/08/content_6915614.htm

奥运开幕前一天北京网友无法打开部份媒体中文网 (Several Chinese Language Media Sites Blocked in Beijing on Eve of Olympics)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/aoyun-08072008091223.html

北京消息﹕長安街巴士爆炸 (Bus Explosions on Chang'an Street in Beijing Earlier This Week)
Ming Pao, August 08, 2008
http://www.mingpaonews.com/20080808/cab1.htm

China’s Rain-Stoppers Face Big Olympic Test
Financial Times, August 07, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/acde4f9a-64ab-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c.html

Clampdown on Dissidents Smothers Beijing and Beyond
Reuters, August 08, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSPEK9243820080808

Related information:
Human Rights Situation in China Worsens as Bush Calls for a More Open Society
Human Rights in China, August 07, 2008
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/68117

Olympic Message to Some in Beijing Is ‘Please Leave’
New York Times, August 08, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/08/sports/olympics/08beijing.html

Radio Free Asia Voice Denied Chinese Visa
Broadcasting & Cable, August 07, 2008
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6585372.html

Reporters Without Borders Make Pirate Broadcast in Beijing
Times Online, August 08, 2008
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4482707.ece

Restrictions Placed on 'Underground' Priests as Olympics Loom
CBCP News Service, August 07, 2008
http://www.cbcpnews.com/?q=node/4106

Turkestan Militants Target HK, Says Group
South China Morning Post, August 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f8730751ad9b110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Uighur Militants Threaten Olympic Attacks, U.S. Monitor Says
Bloomberg, August 08, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=an5iNqNKLXJI&refer=home

White House Press Corps Plane Detained in China
Associated Press (via Google), August 07, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h1ffElFoDV6DZPVlvGdHwmg1OrGQD92DN4S00

Protests and Petitions
Activist Held after Seeking Protest Permit
Financial Times, August 07, 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86903364-64a9-11dd-af61-0000779fd18c.html

Activists in Canada Target Embassy, Consulate
The Globe and Mail, August 08, 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080807.OLYCANADA07/TPStory/TPInternational/
American Protester Paints Beijing Hotel Rooms
Associated Press (via Google), August 08, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iQLfxXpDznyBgtdr0zygqRAc7nBQD92DKH600

Related information:
Gadfly in Beijing, A Voice For The Voiceless Pt1
Youtube, August 05, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV-U3H-6Rvw

Man Holding Banners Causes Temporary Traffic Closure in Hong Kong
Xinhuanet, August 08, 2008
http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-08/08/content_9046169.htm

Related news:
British Man Protests China's Record in HK
South China Morning Post, August 08, 2008
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=1f29ed07ca0ab110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

外籍漢青馬大橋掛橫額示威 (British Chinese Unfurls Protest Banners on Tsing-Ma Bridge)
Ming Pao, August 08, 2008
http://www.mpinews.com/htm/Inews/20080808/gb50916k.htm

西安两厂数百职工到政府静坐示威 (Hundreds of Xi'an Workers Hold Sit-in Protest after Petitions Go Unheard)
Radio Free Asia, August 08, 2008
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/xian-08072008172641.html

Tibet
Hundreds Detained as Tibetans March in India, Nepal
Reuters, August 07, 2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL34224420080807